- fungus-growing beetle
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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)Any beetle that feeds on symbiotic fungi, i.e., ambrosia beetles, etc.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
fungus-growing beetle
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